Relationships among sexual satisfaction, marital quality, and marital instability at midlife

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 339-343

  Yeh, Hsiu Chen ^a   Lorenz, Frederick O ^a   Wickrama, K A S ^a   Conger, Rand D ^b   Elder Jr , Glen H ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoregressive models; Marital instability; Marital quality; Midlife; Sexual satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33745770021     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.20.2.339     Document Type: Article

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